[1] Her first photography exhibit was in New York 1972 and in 1974 she published the book that won her acclaim, Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal.
[3] Later on, in 1987, Heyman published another book titled, Dreams and Schemes: Love and Marriage in Modern Times.
This book contained black and white photographs with whole extended families of the bride and groom's children from former marriages.
[4] Along with her other responsibilities related to her company, Heyman took the time to focus on wedding photography as a personal project.
[4] Heyman fully immersed herself into her photography sessions at weddings by not only acting like a guest with a camera, but by engaging with the couples through questions.
[4] Heyman was the first woman to be invited, by Charles Harbutt, into the photographer's collective Magnum Photos, where she was active from 1974 and 1981.
[3] In the 1990s, Heyman joined the International Center of Photography in Manhattan as director of the documentary and photojournalism department.
She is survived by her mother, Annette Heyman, of Palm Beach, Florida, and her son, Lazar Bloch, of Brooklyn, New York.